1101 Pitt River Road
Port Coquitlam, 8.C.
V3c 1N3.

May 22, 1986

Mayor Traboulay and
Members of City Council
Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Dear Sirs,

This letter is to protest the proposal for a zoning
change on the waterfront, to allow for @ C~3 zoning to
accommodete a public house, adjacent to my property and home
at the end of Pitt River Road.

It is against the law to drink and drive in B.C. The
only way patrons will get to such a pub will be to drive, there
being no public transport available in the area, The purpose
of going to a pub is to drink; therefore allowing such an esva-
blishment in this location will create more pressure on our
already strained law enforcement. Any benefit accrued from
property taxed at a commercial rate may be wiped out by increased

policing charges.

The access road to this property was not built by the
Department of Highways to accommodate heavy traffic: it is
really little more than a lane, because our City Council and
Department of Highways planners at the time suggested a wilder-
ness park for the area, therefore volume tr-ffic was not indicated,

This road will not stand up to volume traffic.

There‘is no room for parking along the road. The
corner where this access road meets Pitt River Road is too
close to the highway to adequately handle major traffic.

On the Mary Hill By~pass, which is immediately in
front of this property, the speed limit is 80Km (50m.p.h.).
This almost continuous traffic will have to be intercepted to
get into or away from such a public house.

You call it a neighbourhood public house. I am the
only aijacent neighbour and I certainly will not be a patron.
To be @ successful business venture it will have to draw people
from much greater distances, The increase in hooliganism and
rowdiness will be a distinct detriment. I object and protest
thet such treatment is within the power of the council of the
City that I have supported by taxes and lifestyle for 42 years,

Very truly yours,

gay xl